Ghostmint

Modus operandi

Hypes an NFT collection with a fake roadmap, "celebrity" partners, and bots inflating Discord. Takes mint revenue plus secondary royalties, then deletes socials ("soft rug") and reuses the art under a new project.

Evidence collected

• 1Discord "members" were 70% bots from a known farm.
• 2Same artwork re-listed under three collection names.
• 3Mint proceeds swept to a drainer-linked wallet.
• 4Claimed partnerships denied by the named brands.

Crime timeline

1. 2022Eternal Apes hype−$14,000,000

   Sold-out mint on fabricated demand.

2. 2022Soft rug

   Roadmap abandoned, socials deleted.

3. 2023Re-skin−$5,000,000

   Same art relaunched as a new collection.

4. 2024Quiet

   Wallet dormant; suspected new alias in prep.

Known associates